Startups in Europe raised €23.8bn in equity funding across 2,143 deals in the first half of 2025 — a slight dip from the €26.95bn raised during the same period last year.
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Hessa Alabbas is a data analyst at Sifted, based in London. You can find her on LinkedIn.

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